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GMB Calls On Dundee City And Angus Councils To End ‘Two-Tier School Meals’ Across Tayside

GMB Scotland, the union for school catering staff, has called on the Deputy First Minister, and Scotland's Education Secretary, John Swinney, to intervene in proposals for the Tayside Central Production Unit which will cook and then freeze school meals to be transported to local schools and reheated before being served to children across Dundee and Angus...

Christmas Food Shortage Threat At Morrisons As Strike Ballot Gets Underway At XPO

Morrisons supermarkets across Scotland could be hit by food shortages in the run up to Christmas as an industrial action ballot gets underway today (Monday 11 November) in its distribution partner XPO Logistic...

Wood Group Contractors Take Industrial Action At GlaxoSmithKline Over Pay Inequality

Sub-contractor maintenance staff will take industrial action at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plant in Montrose later this month as a long-standing dispute over pay inequality continues....

GMB Scotland Calling Notice

Glasgow Home Care ‘Safe at Night’ Campaign Launch...

GMB Scotland Warns Abandoning Domestic Gas Production Risks The National Interest

Amid continued Brexit uncertainty and the prospect of a general election, GMB Scotland has today (Wednesday 30 October) warned that abandoning domestic gas production will risk the future energy interests of both Scotland and the rest of the UK, and ignore the realities of the global response needed to tackle climate change...

GMB Scotland Calls for Political Intervention to Save Dundee Swimming

GMB Scotland has written an open letter to all politicians representing Dundee regarding the imposed reduction in operational hours at various community pools in the city.......

Strike Action In Diageo Suspended As New Offer Tabled

Responding to Diageo’s tabling of a new pay offer for its staff across Scotland tonight (Tuesday 17 September)...

GMB Accuses NHS Lanarkshire Of “Washing Its Hands” Of PFI Staff Following Wages Dispute

GMB Scotland has today (Tuesday 17 September) warned NHS Lanarkshire that it must do more to more to ensure hospital staff employed by PFI contractors are not treated like “the underclass” of the health board....

Diageo Directors ‘Shifting The Goal Posts’ On Workers’ Pay Offer As Strike Looms

With major strike action looming across Diageo’s Scottish operations next week, GMB Scotland has today (Wednesday 11 September) accused company directors of ‘shifting the goal posts’ on talks concerning a fresh pay offer for workers....

Diageo Scottish strike the consequence of ‘insatiable corporate greed’

Strike action will hit all of Diageo’s Scottish operations later this month, after GMB Scotland served statutory notice to the company this afternoon (Tuesday 3 September).......